Official Texans vs Packers Gameday Thread

[MJZiggy]

Yes, that Kampman play caused me to say bad words. My son learned some new football vocabulary today.

[RashanGary]

I went to teh game. Had a blast. The crowd was great. I don't know how it appeared on TV, but it seemed like it was a very lively group. I esspecially enjoyed booing the refs. Were they really as bad as it seemed and was the crowd as pissed off as it seemed from the stands?

[MJZiggy]

Yes and yes.

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I went to teh game. Had a blast. The crowd was great. I don't know how it appeared on TV, but it seemed like it was a very lively group. I esspecially enjoyed booing the refs. Were they really as bad as it seemed and was the crowd as pissed off as it seemed from the stands?

i was there too, and yes. the refs really were that bad

BTW. the real justin harrell is next to worthless. what did he play? 5 snaps? some guy named alfred played 10 times as mush as harrell did. if he's healthy now, then he's worthless

[RashanGary]

It was funny, but I get so frustrated at refs watching from home that being in the stands I took advantage of my opportunity to boo the shit out of them. Although it was only one voice in 70,000 it felt great.

[Fosco33]

M3 had 'no comment' on the officials but said 'if you watch the game...'
Underlying comment - the officiating sucked.

Specifically on the Moll call, he said they called for inside zone to eliminate the pass blocking from getting their hands outside. He said, "i didn't see the replay" - which means - it was bullshit. He also said it was a huge call - duh.

M3 said he's not packing it up - the team needs a win in Jacksonville.

Injuries: Collins (shin, not return), Tauscher (knee, out), Hall (knee sprain, not return).

Moll's comments - not much of jersey to grab. Won't get into 'fair or not'.
- underlying comment - bullshit.

Bishop admitted that the running back coverage should've been better because the routes were easy. - duh, now do it.

[Joemailman]

I went to teh game. Had a blast. The crowd was great. I don't know how it appeared on TV, but it seemed like it was a very lively group. I esspecially enjoyed booing the refs. Were they really as bad as it seemed and was the crowd as pissed off as it seemed from the stands?

i was there too, and yes. the refs really were that bad

BTW. the real justin harrell is next to worthless. what did he play? 5 snaps? some guy named alfred played 10 times as mush as harrell did. if he's healthy now, then he's worthless

I thought Harrell did a great job of neutralizing the Guard playing opposite him. Oh wait, he's supposed to try to get past that guy, isn't he?

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Rodgers had a QB rating over 100 and we rushed for over 100 yards.

The defense gave up 414 yards though the air and 140 yards on the ground including the winning drive after they were pinned at the 2. I don't see how you can blame this loss on the offense whatsoever.

The defense did an EXCELLENT job of bending, but not breaking today. They gave up 21 points and put us in position to win the game. I could really care less how many yards they gave up today, as they held the opposition to a totally reasonable amount of points. They also forced 4 turnovers and put the offense in excellent position to succeed.

The offense had the ball on the 25 yard line with 4 downs and 2 minutes remaining. There is no denying they were given a chance to win, and did not put any points on the board.

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All you can ask of the defense is to give you the ball at the end of the game with an opportunity to win the game imo. The defense gave the O a chance to win today, and they didn't do it.

DID YOU EVEN WATCH THE LAST @ MINUTES OF THE GAME? THE DEFENSE BLEW IT!?! You have to be the most ignorant person I have ever seen and that is saying something.

I will ask you one simple yes or no question:

Did the Packers not have the ball at on 1st down at the Texans 25 yard line, with ~2:00 to go in the 4th quarter?

I rest my case.

Did the Texans have the ball on their own 2 yard line with 2 minutes to go in the 4th Quarter?

I rest my case.

The defense failed, no doubt about it. The point is the offense failed, too, and most importantly, failed first. That offensive failure takes the wind out of their proverbial sail. Seriously, is it that hard of a concept to grasp?

Can we all agree that this is the logical explanation?

NO becuase what you just did is gave the D a pass and made excuses for them so you could continue to bash Rodgers. The PAckers had the Texans backed up to their own 2yard line. All the D had to do is make a stop and ARod gets another chance. The D failed. Not ARod. End of Story.

The offense failed. They put up 21 points.

Is 21 points enough to beat a team?!? Should we expect to win against strong offensive teams when we put up only 21 points?!? Is this the new standard of a solid offensive performance.

The offense went 1 for 10 on third down. How is that not a 90% failure rate? That is terrible. That shows me that A-Rod and the offense is not doing their job. Aaron, being the quarterback and leader of the offense, gets the blame. Fact of life.

They put up only 21 points despite having great field positions from the turnovers.

They had the ball at the 25 with 4 downs to score, with 2 minutes left. The defense put them in a position to win the game and they didn't.

My god.. You people are crazy. Of course, some of you think A-Rod is playing at an all-pro level despite being dead last in the league in the most important stat in the game - 3rd down efficiency.

[Freak Out]

Was that a hell of a catch and run by DD today or what? Damn I love DD.

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Was that a hell of a catch and run by DD today or what? Damn I love DD.

that was a great catch

too bad it was wasted

[imscott72]

All you can ask of the defense is to give you the ball at the end of the game with an opportunity to win the game imo. The defense gave the O a chance to win today, and they didn't do it.

DID YOU EVEN WATCH THE LAST @ MINUTES OF THE GAME? THE DEFENSE BLEW IT!?! You have to be the most ignorant person I have ever seen and that is saying something.

I will ask you one simple yes or no question:

Did the Packers not have the ball at on 1st down at the Texans 25 yard line, with ~2:00 to go in the 4th quarter?

I rest my case.

Did the Texans have the ball on their own 2 yard line with 2 minutes to go in the 4th Quarter?

I rest my case.

The defense failed, no doubt about it. The point is the offense failed, too, and most importantly, failed first. That offensive failure takes the wind out of their proverbial sail. Seriously, is it that hard of a concept to grasp?

Can we all agree that this is the logical explanation?

NO becuase what you just did is gave the D a pass and made excuses for them so you could continue to bash Rodgers. The PAckers had the Texans backed up to their own 2yard line. All the D had to do is make a stop and ARod gets another chance. The D failed. Not ARod. End of Story.

The offense failed. They put up 21 points.

Is 21 points enough to beat a team?!? Should we expect to win against strong offensive teams when we put up only 21 points?!? Is this the new standard of a solid offensive performance.

My god.. You people are crazy. Of course, some of you think A-Rod is playing at an all-pro level despite being dead last in the league in the most important stat in the game - 3rd down efficiency.

I don't know why you hate Arod so much. The offense ranks 4th in the league averaging 27.8 pts/game. So they only scored 21 pts this game in freezing cold weather, but the defense still managed to give up over 500 yards and 24 pts including the game winning drive from the 2. I don't get your logic that the offense failed the defense in this scenario.

[Gunakor]

what happened on the texans 2 point conversion? they didn't say at the stadium why the play stood. on the jumbo tron it sure looked like he only got 1 foot in.

BTW, the refs sucked bad in this game. one the intentional grounding call on schuab, they didn't throw a flag until one ref watched the jumbotron and saw that they screwed up

Ref claimed on the review that he "drug" the 2nd foot in..Larrivee disagreed on radio. I didn't see it myself. The refs were horrid all day. Must of had money on the Texans. I think the officiating is as bad as the NBA this year.

I saw the rooster tail that came up from the ground as he drug that second foot in. It was a good call. He was in.

[GrnBay007]

I went to teh game. Had a blast. The crowd was great. I don't know how it appeared on TV, but it seemed like it was a very lively group. I esspecially enjoyed booing the refs. Were they really as bad as it seemed and was the crowd as pissed off as it seemed from the stands?

i was there too, and yes. the refs really were that bad

BTW. the real justin harrell is next to worthless. what did he play? 5 snaps? some guy named alfred played 10 times as mush as harrell did. if he's healthy now, then he's worthless

I was at the game today too. Just got back home. Had a great time! I wondered also how the crowd sounded on TV because I thought it was a very lively group for being pretty darn cold today. My first cold weather game! Couldn't have gotten better tickets either....50 yard line, row 12...awesome seats!!

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All you can ask of the defense is to give you the ball at the end of the game with an opportunity to win the game imo. The defense gave the O a chance to win today, and they didn't do it.

DID YOU EVEN WATCH THE LAST @ MINUTES OF THE GAME? THE DEFENSE BLEW IT!?! You have to be the most ignorant person I have ever seen and that is saying something.

I will ask you one simple yes or no question:

Did the Packers not have the ball at on 1st down at the Texans 25 yard line, with ~2:00 to go in the 4th quarter?

I rest my case.

Did the Texans have the ball on their own 2 yard line with 2 minutes to go in the 4th Quarter?

I rest my case.

The defense failed, no doubt about it. The point is the offense failed, too, and most importantly, failed first. That offensive failure takes the wind out of their proverbial sail. Seriously, is it that hard of a concept to grasp?

Can we all agree that this is the logical explanation?

NO becuase what you just did is gave the D a pass and made excuses for them so you could continue to bash Rodgers. The PAckers had the Texans backed up to their own 2yard line. All the D had to do is make a stop and ARod gets another chance. The D failed. Not ARod. End of Story.

The offense failed. They put up 21 points.

Is 21 points enough to beat a team?!? Should we expect to win against strong offensive teams when we put up only 21 points?!? Is this the new standard of a solid offensive performance.

My god.. You people are crazy. Of course, some of you think A-Rod is playing at an all-pro level despite being dead last in the league in the most important stat in the game - 3rd down efficiency.

I don't know why you hate Arod so much. The offense ranks 4th in the league averaging 27.8 pts/game. So they only scored 21 pts this game in freezing cold weather, but the defense still managed to give up over 500 yards and 24 pts including the game winning drive from the 2. I don't get your logic that the offense failed the defense in this scenario.

First of all: Offense has not averaged anywhere near 27.8 points per game. Didn't they say during the game today the defense/special teams cleared the 100 point mark on the season, the highest total ever for the Packers? If thats the case, go ahead and subtract 7.7 points a game right there for defensive scoring (that is assuming they hit exactly 100 points). That puts us at 20.1 ppg, not exactly stellar by any means.

I don't hate A-Rod at all. He is a slightly below average QB at this point with lots of potential. He gets far too much manlove for putting up chad pennington like numbers.

Who cares how many yards the defense gave up!?? The forced 4 turnovers. 1,2,3,4 and gave us great field position only for us to get 21 stinking points. Don't you think that sucks the wind out of their sails a bit?!?

What were they supposed to do on the last drive? Force a 5th turnover against an offense that was obviously clicking all day (since they put up a zillion yards). Clearly the Packers D was having a hard time matching up, but they still manned up and gave the Packers an opportunity to win the ball game with 2 minutes left with a 1st down at the 25 yard of the opposition. They're in field goal territory, and they somehow manage to screw it up.

This is mind boggling to me. Are we supposed to force 5 turnovers every game? Is the defense not allowed to make any mistakes and give up 21 points? If the offense played as well as the defense did in making big plays, how many points would they have had?!? My goodness gracious.. They forced 4 turnovers and gave the offense the chance to win the game. You cannot expect anything more than that ever. That is insanity.

The defense failed on one drive. They also put the offense in great position all game long. The game wasn't determined on one drive; it was determined all game long when the offense could not capitalize.